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Chapter X

           Thencamemeetings,publicandstirring,andriots;theincidentofJohnBrown’sbody;thearrivalofLincoln,thegreatcommoner,onhiswayfromSpringfield,Illinois,toWashingtonviaPhiladelphia,totaketheoathofoffice;thebattleofBullRun;thebattleofVicksburg;thebattleofGettysburg,andsoon.Cowperwoodwasonlytwenty-fiveatthetime,acool,determinedyouth,whothoughttheslaveagitationmightbewellfoundedinhumanrights—nodoubtwas—butexceedinglydangeroustotrade.HehopedtheNorthwouldwin;butitmightgohardwithhimpersonallyandotherfinanciers.Hedidnotcaretofight.Thatseemedsillyfortheindividualmantodo.Othersmight—thereweremanypoor,thin-minded,half-bakedcreatureswhowouldputthemselvesuptobeshot;buttheywereonlyfittobecommandedorshotdown.Asforhim,hislifewassacredtohimselfandhisfamilyandhispersonalinterests.Herecalledseeing,oneday,inoneofthequietsidestreets,astheworking-menwerecominghomefromtheirwork,asmallenlistingsquadofsoldiersinbluemarchingenthusiasticallyalong,theUnionflagflying,thedrummersdrumming,thefifesblowing,theideabeing,ofcourse,tosoimpressthehithertoindifferentorwaveringcitizen,toexalthimtosuchapitch,thathewouldlosehissenseofproportion,ofself-interest,and,forgettingall—wife,parents,home,andchildren—andseeingonlythegreatneedofthecountry,fallinbehindandenlist.

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